Drag and drop the descriptions below to the correct colony. Select 2 responses per colonial region.

Question

boxes: New England colonies Middle colonies Southern colonies
answers: Pilgrims and Puritans: Escaping religious persecution
rice indigo and cotton
the rocky soil is not good for farming
plantation system
Dutch settle in New Netherlands
Quakers and William Penn

Answer 1

Here are the correct descriptions matched to each colonial region:

New England colonies:

1. Pilgrims and Puritans: Escaping religious persecution
2. The rocky soil is not good for farming

Middle colonies:

1. Dutch settle in New Netherlands
2. Quakers and William Penn

Southern colonies:

1. Rice, indigo, and cotton
2. Plantation system